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Amit Shah

Amit Shah

DOB: 22/10/1964

Amit Shah is the senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been the Union Home Minister since 2019. He has also been serving as the Union Minister of Co-operation since 2021. Shah was the president of the BJP from 2014 to 2020. He has been a Lok Sabha member from the Gandhinagar constituency of Gujarat since 2019. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Shah won the Gandhinagar seat by defeating Congress candidate Dr CJ Chavda with a margin of 5,57,014 votes. He was the Minister of State for Home, Law and Justice, Prison, Border Security, Civil Defence, Excise, Home Guards, Transport, Prohibition, Gram Rakshak Dal, Police Housing, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs in Gujarat in the Narendra Modi-led government from 2002 to 2012. Shah won the Sarkhej Assembly constituency in Gujarat in 1997 (bypoll), 1998, 2002 and 2007. He also represented the Naranpura Assembly seat from 2012 to 2017. Shah also served as the Rajya Sabha member from 2017 to 2019. Amit Shah is again contesting from the Gandhinagar constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

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Amit Shah meets Nitish Kumar in Patna; will BJP, JD-U bury differences over seat sharing for LS polls?

Politics | Jul 12, 2018, 02:21 PM IST

The two leaders are scheduled to meet over breakfast at the State Guest House and again for dinner at the chief minister's official residence today.

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With Lok Sabha elections 2019 on mind, Amit Shah to meet Nitish Kumar tomorrow

Politics | Jul 11, 2018, 03:37 PM IST

The meeting gains significance after JDU’s consistent insistence for playing big bother role in Bihar and on that BJP’s comment on Monday that “no one is the big brother except the people”.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Amit Shah

Amid who will play 'big brother role' in Bihar, BJP chief Amit Shah to meet CM Nitish Kumar on July 12

Politics | Jul 10, 2018, 09:54 PM IST

It is pertinent to mention here that since a long time JDU is saying that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will play a big brother role in the state during the Lok Sabha elections 2019.

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Amit Shah promises 'respect' to allies, says NDA will expand before Lok Sabha elections 2019

Jul 10, 2018, 09:59 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Amit Shah also promised to give the nation a clean government.

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‘Entire Kashmir is ours’: BJP chief Amit Shah on birth anniversary of Jana sangh founder

India | Jul 07, 2018, 01:10 AM IST

Remembering Dr Mookerji, PM Modi said that he fought for the independence as well as integration of India.

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Sensing alliance between SP-BSP, here’s the advice Amit Shah gives to BJP workers

Jul 05, 2018, 10:11 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: The BJP won 71 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the 2014 general elections and 312 of the 403 Assembly seats in 2017.

BJP President Amit Shah.

NSUI files police complaints against Amit Shah across India

India | Jul 03, 2018, 06:44 PM IST

National Students Union of India members filed the complaints in 100 districts of 28 states, Ruchi Gupta, joint-secretary of All India Congress Committee and NSUI in-charge, said.

BJP President Amit Shah

Amit Shah to visit Kerala today as part of his nation-wide tour

India | Jul 03, 2018, 11:18 AM IST

Shah is likely to take note of the situation and resolve the issues with the party alley. Kerala, dominated by the bipolar politics of CPI(M)-led LDF and Congress-headed UDF, continues to be a tough ground for the BJP to make inroads.

Rahul Gandhi and Amit Shah wil kick off election campaign

Mission 2019: Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi to kick off campaign blitzkrieg in Uttar Pradesh from July 4

India | Jul 03, 2018, 10:08 AM IST

  While Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency Amethi from July 4, during which he is likely to meet party workers and attend several programmes, BJP president Amit Shah will be in Varanasi, Mirzapur and Agra on the same dates.  

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Amit Shah to conclude nation-wide tour for Lok Sabha polls on July 22

India | Jul 02, 2018, 08:51 PM IST

Shah will be in Kerala tomorrow, in UP on July 4 and 5, in Jharkhand on July 11 and in Bihar on July 12 before he concludes the exercise on July 22 with meetings in Mumbai with various party wings of Maharashtra and Goa, BJP sources said.   

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP, Congress presidents target UP

Jul 02, 2018, 06:55 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: From July 4, Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency Amethi. During the same time, BJP president Amit Shah will be in Varanasi, Mirzapur and Agra.   

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I challenge PM Modi, Amit Shah to contest from Hyderabad: Owaisi

Politics | Jun 30, 2018, 10:08 AM IST

Owaisi even challenged the Congress to contest from Hyderabad and said even if both parties (BJP, Congress) join hands, they won't be able to defeat AIMIM.

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Amit Shah blasts Mamata for 'unleashing' violence, exudes confidence of winning Bengal's 22 LS seats

Politics | Jun 29, 2018, 09:28 AM IST

In rigorous attacks at the Mamata-led TMC government, the BJP chief said that its people "who are used to listening to Rabindra Sangeet are now hearing the sound of bomb blasts".

Three Gujarat BJP MLAs protest against government

Three Gujarat BJP MLAs protest against government

India | Jun 28, 2018, 08:40 AM IST

The MLAs alleged that several state ministers and the bureaucracy were not listening to them and were showing a callous attitude towards the public representatives

Amit Shah during the 1st Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Congress insulted 'Vande Mataram' for appeasing Muslim community: Amit Shah in Kolkata

India | Jun 28, 2018, 12:10 AM IST

Describing the decision of dropping the stanzas of the song as a “big mistake,” Shah said that the Congress party put a “blot of communalism” on such a pure work of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.

Amit Shah during a rally.

Amit Shah kicks off BJP's campaign in West Bengal for 2019 polls with two-day state visit

India | Jun 27, 2018, 07:16 PM IST

During the visit, Shah is expected to hold a series of meetings with party workers and intellectuals in Kolkata and Howrah

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'BJP disowned its own initiative', Mehbooba Mufti hits back at Amit Shah over his attack at PDP

India | Jun 24, 2018, 04:24 PM IST

In a string of tweets, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief said that whatever happened during the time of the PDP-BJP rule in the state was in accordance with the Agenda of Alliance (AoA) the two parties had drawn up.

 
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Congress hits back at Amit Shah over his remark on Rahul Gandhi, accuse him of 'shedding crocodile tears'

India | Jun 23, 2018, 10:43 PM IST

In a statement, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said Amit Shah had no business to lecture the Congress on nationalism and that the BJP would never be able to realise the hard work which the UPA did to usher peace in Jammu and Kashmir.

Amit Shah in Jammu

Amit Shah in Jammu: 'Rahul Gandhi should apologize for Ghulam Nabi Azad, Saifuddin Soz's remarks'

India | Jun 24, 2018, 01:13 AM IST

The BJP chief alleged that when the Congress leaders make remarks on Kashmir, Lashkar-e-taiba comes forward to support them.

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Amit Shah in Jammu: BJP president to address rally to mark 65th death anniversary of Syama Prasad Mookerjee

India | Jun 23, 2018, 04:18 PM IST

Shah is scheduled to address a rally in the city to mark the 65th death anniversary of Bhartiya Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee.

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